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  A Family Guide to Response to Intervention (RtI)

  1/23/10 - National Center for Learning Disabilities

  This booklet reviews the basic components of any RtI process and includes questions you might want to ask your child’s school to learn more about their RtI process. Also included are ways you can get involved in the process and what to do and where to go if you have questions or concerns.

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  Did You Know?: 10 Things Any School Can Do to Build Parent Involvement…. Plus 5 Great Ways to Fail!

  1/1/05 - Wherry, J.H.

  The Family School Linkages (FSL) Project of the National Institute for Urban School, now the Equity Alliance at ASU, worked with schools and families to think about and improve relationships between schools and all the families of their students. A growing number of studies show that when family members talk to their children about schooling, participate with school personnel, and support their children’s efforts, the students achieve more, attend more regularly, and are more motivated and...

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  Did You Know?: 10 Things Any School Can Do to Build Parent Involvement…. Plus 5 Great Ways to Fail!

  1/1/05 - Wherry, J.H.

  The Family School Linkages (FSL) Project of the National Institute for Urban School, now the Equity Alliance at ASU, worked with schools and families to think about and improve relationships between schools and all the families of their students. A growing number of studies show that when family members talk to their children about schooling, participate with school personnel, and support their children’s efforts, the students achieve more, attend more regularly, and are more motivated and...

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  Did You Know?: About the Difference Between “Parent Involvement” and “Family/Community Linkages”?

  1/1/05 - Ferguson, D.

  The Family School Linkages (FSL) Project of the National Institute for Urban School, now the Equity Alliance at ASU, worked with schools and families to think about and improve relationships between schools and all the families of their students. A growing number of studies show that when family members talk to their children about schooling, participate with school personnel, and support their children’s efforts, the students achieve more, attend more regularly, and are more motivated and...

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  Did You Know??? About Successful Strategies for Involving Migrant Families?

  1/1/05 - Anne Stilwell & Dianne Ferguson

  The Family School Linkages (FSL) Project of the National Institute for Urban School, now the Equity Alliance at ASU, worked with schools and families to think about and improve relationships between schools and all the families of their students. A growing number of studies show that when family members talk to their children about schooling, participate with school personnel, and support their children’s efforts, the students achieve more, attend more regularly, and are more motivated and...

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  Did You Know??? About Four Ways to Increase Parental Efficacy?

  1/1/05 - Anne Stilwell & Dianne Ferguson

  The Family School Linkages (FSL) Project of the National Institute for Urban School, now the Equity Alliance at ASU, worked with schools and families to think about and improve relationships between schools and all the families of their students. A growing number of studies show that when family members talk to their children about schooling, participate with school personnel, and support their children’s efforts, the students achieve more, attend more regularly, and are more motivated and...

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  Did You Know??? What Parents of Special-Needs Kids Think About Their Child’s Educational Program?

  1/1/05 - Anne Stilwell

  The Family School Linkages (FSL) Project of the National Institute for Urban School, now the Equity Alliance at ASU, worked with schools and families to think about and improve relationships between schools and all the families of their students. A growing number of studies show that when family members talk to their children about schooling, participate with school personnel, and support their children’s efforts, the students achieve more, attend more regularly, and are more motivated and...

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  Questions and Answers about IDEA: Parent Participation

  1/8/10 - National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

  How does IDEA ensure that families have meaningful opportunities to participate? That will be the focus of this Q&A— the solid foundation IDEA provides for parental involvement. The Q&A concludes with a Resources section, to connect you with information on parent involvement, including current efforts to build strong partnerships between schools and families.

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  Your Child Has a First-Year Teacher—How Will the School Provide Support?

  1/1/12 - National Center to Inform Policy and Practice

  Many school districts provide induction support for beginning teachers—including special education teachers—to help them hone their instructional skills and become a part of the school culture. Learn more about the types of support that help beginning special education teachers thrive.

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  ¿Ya sabía esto? ¿Ya sabía lo que los estudiantes de la escula secundaria piensan acerca de la participación de sus familias en la escuela?

  1/1/05 - Ottke-Moore, C.

  The Family School Linkages (FSL) Project of the National Institute for Urban School, now the Equity Alliance at ASU, worked with schools and families to think about and improve relationships between schools and all the families of their students. A growing number of studies show that when family members talk to their children about schooling, participate with school personnel, and support their children’s efforts, the students achieve more, attend more regularly, and are more motivated and...